I espesially like the Roman legionare, Great use of accessories. How was the shield made?

It was made from 2 1*2 plates modified with horizontal bar and on the other side at the top and bottom a 1*1 plate modified with vertical clip and above that construction 2 1*4 tiles and a mechanical hook (Exo force robot hand) attached to one of those 1*2 plates modified horizontal bar. That way the hand can move closer to the shield (thanks to 1*2 gap thats open by only using 2 plates with vertical clip instead of four).

Just gone done going through all of these after seeing the CC frontpage features. The LEGO minifig is a classic, but I really like the more "human" scale that these figs have relative to the head, and how many detail and color options this gives for legs.